Baron Davis From 89 Feet | Pretty Good, Episode 11

Baron Davis buried the longest bucket in NBA history — at the buzzer, while being guarded, and despite not being a particularly accomplished three-point shooter. This Pretty Good is about that historic 89-foot shot and the sad rabble of players who have failed to match it in the 16 years since.

[mrmajikjr]

"Never try anything that is difficult" ~ Jon Bois

Truly the inspiration this generation needs.

[brandonringo]

Netflix should stop making weird nostalgia-garbage shows and start throwing that money at Jon Bois to make episodes out of these stories!

[wtftelex]

The ball was 3.5 times the height of that guy? Jon, dont you know you CAN'T workout 3.5 times a week??

[JamesAWebbIV]

"At Terminal 23, the ceiling is the roof."

[artstsym]

"This is the full-court shot, there are no half measures."


Immediately after writing this line, Jon spun in his chair dabbing for the rest of the day.

[hhu]

Another interesting story: while Steph Curry's shot at 6:00 didn't count, he was visibly frustrated. So 12 minutes later, he goes for the exact same shot to end the half. He makes it.
That basket was his 200th 3pt shot of the season, and Curry would go on to annihilate the record for 3pt baskets in a single season with 402 in that season.

[brentolamas]

Jon Bois is #1 unrated dude on youtube.

[seanfitzpatrick]

I disagree on the arc of the ball. It was higher than 22.5 feet.

[joshuapatrick]

12:27 the look on everybody’s faces when he made it, I know they’re just looking to make sure he was out but it’s still hilarious how they all turned around with that confounded expression.

[pastaboinch]

baron davis was an electric player. i loved watching him play. especially when he was on the warriors with jason richardson and monta ellis. i guess the moral of the story is, either call your full court heaves, or try and pass it to a teammate so you can accidentally make it.

[livlee]

everything I know about basketball came from my high school physics class. my teacher was super into college basketball and framed every physics lesson around something he'd seen in a basketball game. everything I know about physics is related to basketball and ONLY basketball. I later failed a college physics class and what I'm saying is I hate basketball but I liked this video.

[albertdiago]

This show might be my favorite thing on the internet

[Temporary_Doctor]

It's a shame this came out before Michael Jordan profoundly stated that the ceiling is the roof.

[snoopyshultz]

he threw that ball much higher than 22 feet

[thomash.]

Hey man. Don't think that I don't appreciate the effort you are putting into these bad boys. Having had a job that worked with stats, I can't imagine how much more effort goes into these videos given that you're not only pulling the stats, but finding the videos, articles and putting it all into context. You give years of history to an event that occurs in the space between seconds.
You the real MVP.

[iMoFLDEZZY]

The arc was deffinately higher than 22 feet. The camera isnt verticle with the floor and is pointing downwards towards the court you not getting the right perspective on the players height or the arc. Otherwise another great video man!

[churdle]

“I belong in Jordans like Michael Dukakis belongs in a tank” is an underrated line

[cjtate]

Beautiful writing. “Anything with any intent in between the two has failed. This is the full court shot, there are no half-measures”. Amazing job!

[silenius]

Jon, the music is what makes me show these to everyone. Great choices, as always.

[humantrashball]

4:50 on the left of the picture. Jon Bois is foreshadowing his future videos.